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i CHANCE PLAY AGAIN -* — Pride of Late Major Belmont Wins Youthful Stakes. I Easily Demonstrates His Superiority — Mad Play Takes the Long Beach Handicap. * NJ2W YORK, N. T., May 16.— Chance Play, the yearling pride of the late MaJ. August Belmont, which made an impressive debut as a two-year-old last Tuesday, became a . stake winner in his second start, at the , Jamaica course of the Metropolitan Jmki y ! Club this afternoon. The colt carried the ■ orange colors of W. Averill Harrimans Log Cabin Stud Stable, to an easy victory in the Youthful Stakes, with Celidon. which had been added to the field at the last minute. ! by the Rancocas Stable, second, while the | Greentree Stables Navigator finished third. The two other starters were James Butlers i Tempest and Rombshell. The Youthful Stakes was one of two stakes. I that featured the week-end card. The com- I panion piece was the Long Beach Handicap. at one mile and a sixteenth for older I thoroughbreds. This was won by the Han-cocas Stables Mad Play. The Butler colors were carried to second place by Bright Steel. The Greentree Stables Cherry Pie was third. Sun Pal completed the field. The sport was witnessed by the largest crowd of the year. It was one, of the great- | est throngs that the Jamaica track has ever had. The weather, although clear, was cool. j The track was fast. Despite the double feature, the card left much to be desired. The fields in all but one race were small. LOOKS LIKE A CHAMPION. Chance Play again won like a colt that may go on to greater things. He was the master of those mustered against him from start to finish. Clarence Kummer rode him, but never for a second after he had his mount away from the post did he have to do more than sit still. Chance Play drew the rail position at the post. Abreast of him were Bombshell, Navigator, Tempest and Celidon in the order given. The start was delayed four minutes because of the unruly actions of Chance Play and Celidon. When the start finally camel Chance Play was away fast, but Celidon dwelt and was the last to leave. The Log Cabin colt took a one length lead in the first eighth. Navigator was the closest to him and Ellis evidently had instructions to send the Greentree Stables colt Navigator along, but his efforts served only to demonstrate the fact that Chance Play was far superior. Chance Play was never extended and even when Navigator made so determined an early bid he drew away. He increased his lead to two lengths, going out of the back stretch. As he reached the turn Celidon began to make up the ground he lost at the start and ran down Bombshell and Tempest. Coming into the stretch Navigator began to tire and Celidon closed in on him. They engaged in a thrilling duel for second place but Celidon beat Navigator by a neck at the end. The pair finished three lengths back of Chance Play and four lengths in front of the other*. MAD PLAY BY A HEAD. The fourteenth running of the Long BMCfc Handicap was a much more exciting oontvst than the two-year-old stake. Mad Play and Bright St » 1 PMdMi the finish heads apart. Six lengths behind them cherry Pie and Sun Pal disputed the award «.f third money, also in a head finish, ilright Steel was the horse that had to be MMM from the start He went to the front in the dash to the clubhouse turn and took a lead of a length and a half. Sun Pal chased after him with MM Play lapped on the latter. Cherry Pit was far back in the early running. Turning out of the back stretch Mad Play shook off Sun PaJ and Kator sent him after the pacemaker. They were locked coming into the stretch. They drew away from Sun Pal quickly and Cherry Pie came Continued oo sixteenth page. CHANCE PLAY AGAIN i Continual from first page. up to dispute the remaining distance with that racer. It was not until the last sixteenth that Mad Play had his head in front j of Bright Steel. The value to the winner in the Youthful Stakes, which is a ,000 guaranteed stake, j was ,350. Mad Plays victory in the Dong Beach added ,850 to his stables winnings. Chance Play ran the five and a half furlongs . in 1 :05%. This was two-fifths of a second I faster than the stake has ever been run before. It was slower than the track record by the same fraction. The first disqualification of the meeting [came in the opening race. This was a five-eighths dash for maiden two-year-old fillies. , Lux, a first time starter, owned by Mrs. S. Bennett and trained by Ernest Siestas, was first over the line. She was followed by Walter J. Salmons Buttercup and Ij. Fish- I ers Flicker. The stewards held George Ellis, who had the mount on Dux, guilty of rough riding and awarded the victory to Buttercup. This moved Flicker into second place and gave J. S. Cosdens Wrinkles, which ran coupled with the Brookmeade Stables Win-burn, third money. There were seven starters in the race, none of the overnight nominations being withdrawn. All but Buttercup and Flicker were making their first appearance under silks. Ellis transgressed the rules of racing shortly after the start which had been delayed ten minutes. When the start came Sunsprite was virtually left but the others went away in even strides. Dux started from the extreme outside position. Ellis immediately dashed for the rail, dangerously crossing Buttercup and Flicker. The jockeys on the latter two took up while Dux moved away to a daylight lead. Hustling their mounts into their stride again Maiben, on Buttercup, and Wallace, on Flicker, set nut after Dux. The three drew away from the others. It was a futile chase. Dux reached the finish half a length in advance of Buttercup, whVh was three lengths ahead of Flicker. Wrinkles six lengths further back. Wallace and Maiben climbed into the stewards stand immediately after dismounting and lodged claims of foul against the winner.
